This is the £100,000 watch stolen at gunpoint from the former owner of Crystal Palace in a daylight robbery. Simon Jordan, 50, was robbed at gunpoint for his rare watch white gold, blue-faced Franck Muller while out driving with his 80-year-old father. A motorbiker dressed all in black pulled up alongside Mr Jordan's car before pulling out a gun and demanding he hand over the timepiece or be shot. The motorbiker than sped off before armed police arrived at the...

A van driver who, while high on cocaine, ploughed into a cyclist leaving them with life-changing injuries has been jailed. Driver John Marshall, 29, had put his foot down on his white transit van at an amber light along Parkfield Road, Rugby on June 26, 2016. As he approached the traffic lights by the Rugby Cement works, instead of stopping, he accelerated over the junction. The van heeled over considerably and crashed into cyclists Natalie Murray, who was on her...

Hundreds of thousands of students marched across the US and in cities across the world to demand an end to school shootings that have occurred on average once a week this year in the United States. 500,000 students were expected in the main march on Washington DC led by pupils of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Florida, where 17 were shot dead, with sister marches in over 830 cities across the globe. President Trump was not in Washington to hear the...

Sick group locked up for decades

Occupying an 18th Century, Grade One listed Georgian Townhouse on Berkeley Square in Mayfair, a reimagined Annabel’s has reopened. With new interiors designed by Martin Brudnizki Design Studio (The Ivy, Sexy Fish), the private member’s club now offers an all day and all-night experience. Amongst the four floors, Annabel’s is home to four restaurants, seven bars, two private dining rooms and a cigar salon. On the third floor, Annabel’s Mexican/Latin restaurant boasts the largest collection of tequila and mezcal in...

An NHS oncology nurse is being forced to crowdfund treatment for her own terminal cancer - as the drug is not available on the NHS. Brave Laura Harris, 42, has devoted her life to helping cancer patients but has been told there is no treatment available for her own fight with the disease. She was diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer early last year and given just three months to live. However, she astounded colleagues by returning to her work...

A midwife sacked for a poor sickness record claims she was ill after contracting a kidney infection at work - because the birthing centre didn’t have a staff TOILET. Jane Greaves, 46, says low staffing levels meant she was unable to leave the unit to go to the toilet, which is a two-minute walk away in another department. Her dismissal has been described by bosses at a trade union as the “most unjust” firing they have witnessed in 35 years....

Forget everything you know about tequila. Renowned in Britain for so many years as the sole reserve of teenagers hoping to dive head-first into blind drunkenness; an increase in popularity surrounding premium tequilas has finally managed to rescue the spirit’s often unsavoury reputation. One of the fastest-growing sectors in the spirits industry, ultra-premium tequila is big business. While Patrón has become a household name, Casamigos – a business idea conjured between George Clooney and Rande Gerber – was acquired by...

This is the hilarious moment a man tried to ride a HORSE through a McDonald's drive-thru - before being told 'neigh'. Bemused customers were surprised to see the rider "trotting up" to the kiosk before trying to place an order for his 'mane' course. But he was stopped in his tracks by a member of staff who told him he had to dismount. Jason Barrett, 43, was queuing for his lunch at the time and was forced to do a...